2. What is Digital Forensics
• Digital forensics is the process of uncovering
and interpreting electronic data for use in a
court of law. The goal of the process is to
preserve any evidence in its most original
form while performing a structured
investigation by collecting, identifying and
validating the digital information for the
purpose of reconstructing past events
7. Operation Stolen Dreams
• a nationwide mortgage fraud enforcement effort,
resulted in charges against over 1,200 criminal
defendants, approximately 400 civil defendants,
and encompassed losses of over $ 2.3 billion.
“Operation Broken Trust” was the first national
effort of its kind aimed at a broad array of
investment fraud schemes, including Ponzi
schemes. During a three and a half month period,
343 criminal defendants in 231 criminal cases
were charged, convicted, or sentenced for
participation in schemes that resulted in more
than $8 billion in losses to investors.
-Digital Forensics Framework - Open Source computer forensics software built on top of a dedicated Application Programming Interface (API).
-Open Computer Forensics Architecture -The Open Computer Forensics Architecture (OCFA) is a modular computer forensics framework built by the Dutch National Police Agency [KLPD/Dutch]. The main goal is to automate the digital forensic process to speed up the investigation and give tactical investigators direct access to the seized data through an easy to use search and browse interfac
-CAINE (Computer Aided Investigative Environment) - CAINE (Computer Aided Investigative Environment) is the Linux distro created for digital forensics. It offers an environment to integrate existing software tools as software modules in a user friendly manner. This tool is open source.
United States Attorneys ‘offices have responded strongly to the rise of computer hacking-related crimes and intellectual property offenses. Since 1995, each United States Attorney’s Office has had a prosecutor available to work on computer related crimes
